ITNEXT Magazine Jan 2015

F O R T H E N E X T G E N E R AT I O N O F C I O s

India’s Future CIOs The sixth batch of award winners are highly skilled, savvy and energetic executives who have the passion and determination to make a difference

December 2015 | `100 | Volume 06 | Issue 11 | A 9.9 Media Publication www.itnext.com | facebook.com/itnext | @itnext_magazine

EDITORIAL

A New Beginning

A “This year we had over 3,700 applications— and hundreds of candidates were eminently qualified.”

R Giridhar

s we near the close of yet another momentous year in which the ingenuity, fortitude and skills of technology leaders have been tested by a variety of new developments, it gives us great pleasure to present this year’s NEXT100 award winners. This new cohort young and dynamic IT managers, which received their trophies at a glittering function earlier this month, definitely has the ambition, skills and talent to take on the challenges of the top job.

The entire IT Next team is gratified—and deeply humbled—by the support it has received from the IT manager community for the NEXT100 awards process. In a relatively short span of time, the awards have become a highly coveted recognition for those aspiring to make it to the top. This year we had over 3,700 applications—and hundreds of candidates were eminently qualified. This places an onerous responsibility on the NEXT100 awards committee us to ensure that the selection process is rigorous and fair.

With advice from the CIO community, we have been continuously refining the selection process that includes reference checks, psychometric tests, and extensive interviews by the jury panel. Unfortunately, heightened expectations and increased competition ensure that only a select few make it past these formidable hurdles to become eligible for the NEXT100 award.

However, those who did not make it to the awards list this year, should not lose hope. Many amongst this year’s winners had applied in the past—and were successful this year. I would encourage you to learn from the experience—and persevere. Your opportunity will definitely come.

I am confident that the 2015 award winners will go on to accomplish great things in the future. Many past award winners have taken up bigger responsibilities and senior roles—and are already making a difference. We look forward to hearing about the successes of this year’s cohort too— as they enter a new phase in their professional careers.

With best wishes for the New Year, and our congratulations to all the NEXT100 winners of 2015.

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The sixth batch of award winners are highly skilled, savvy and energetic executives who have the passion and determination to make a difference

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2015

Awardees Sunil Agarwal Rajesh Anand

Niranjan Bal

Raghunath Bal

Narayan Banda

Avinash Bhalerao

Arshvinder Bhatia

Yatish Bhatia

Sridhar Brahma

Bhavesh Champaneri

Maheshkumar Chande

Sanjeev Chaudhary

Chandrakant Chauhan

GSBS Chowdari

Apurva Dala

Pawan Dalmia

Pulak Das

Chandresh Dedhia

Falguni Desai

Rajesh Deshpande

Ankur Dharia

Vivek Digumarti

Sahil Duggal

Sukumar Dutta

Bhavesh Gandhi

Rohit Gaur

Kamal Goel

Vijay Bhaskar Ikkurthi

Ramkumari Iyer

Hanuman Jayaram

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WINNERS | NEXT1OO SPECIAL

Reginald Joseph

Ashish Joshi

Rakesh Kakadia

Puneet Nath Tarun Kapoor Kapil

Nageshwara Rao Karra

Arif Khan

Azmathulla Khan

Deepak Kolekar

Rajesh Kulkarni

Manish Kumar

Mukesh Kumar

Pankaj Kumar

Ranjit Kumar Mangeshkumar Landge

Vikas Madaan

Debasish Majumdar

Abdeali Merchant

Aman Midha

Yograj Mittal

Santosh Mohile

Khizar Mohammed Momin

Subbarao Mukkavilli

Nihar Ranjan Nayak

Nikhil Kumar Nigam

Gopal Oruganti

Dilip Pandya

Akbar Pasha

Hasmukh Patel

Jeetesh Patel

Nilesh Patel

Vivek Pathak

Mahesh Patil

Bashanta Phukon

Anil Porter

Prabhakar Posam

Prashant Prabhudesai

Sanjay Quadros

Kopal Raj

Punit Rastogi

Arindam Sarma

Vishal Shah

Mahammad Shafi Shaikh

Vinod Shaily

Akhil Kumar Sharma

Pankaj Sharma

Paramanand Shinde

Ritesh Shrivastava

Rajeev Singhania

Ajay Srivastava

Srikanth Joghee Subramaniam

Bakul Syal

Shabbir Tayabali

Rakesh Vachher

Chekuri Venkata Vamsidhar

Venugopal Veldurthy

Saravanan Viswanathan

Himanshu Warudkar

Venkata Ramana Anvize Ratnakaram Rodrigues

Sheel Nidhi Shrivastava

Debashis Singh

Gurvinder Singh

Prem Tewari

Linumon Thomas

Minu Thomas

Sanjay Kumar Sharad Singh Singh

Shailendra Tiwari

Alok Tripathi

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THE

PROCESS The selection process for the NEXT100 2015 commenced in June 2015 with a call for applications. The entire IT manager community was informed through a series of e-mails, print advertisements, and the social media. By the first week of August 2015, more than 3,500 aspirants had registered for the process.

The selection of the award winners was done through a three-stage process, as in the past years. In the first stage, all award aspirants had to complete a detailed application form—and provide extensive personal and professional information, including education, technical skills and work experience. They also had to nominate referees who could support their claim for consideration for the award.

In the second stage, applicants took two psychometric tests to evaluate their personality profiles and leadership styles. Both tests were administered online by Paris-based Central Test International. Every applicant who completed the two tests received a free, personalized copy of the assessment reports for reference.

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3,884 1,564 350 284 IT managers registered for NEXT100 awards process

Referee and supervisor feedback reports were received

Applicants completed the personality profile and leadership tests

Total interviews conducted by the jury members

69% 74% 52% 34%

Of the winners have 16 to 25 years of total work experience

Of the winners are between the ages of 35 and 45

The NEXT100 jury members identified a set of criteria (including education, length and quality of work experience) to prepare a short list of candidates for the interview stage. Every shortlisted candidate was independently interviewed by two NEXT100 jury members.

Separately, independent recommendations were obtained for each candidate from the designated referees, including current supervisors.

The scores and evaluations assigned to all candidates in every stage of the selection process were input into a proprietary scoring model that assigns carefully calibrated weights to various factors. The final list of NEXT100 award recipients, listed in this book, is an outcome of this scoring model.

To ensure that the NEXT100 awards

Of the winners have a job role that is international in scope

are completely fair and unbiased, no member of the IT NEXT editorial team was involved in the selection or elimination of the award winners, nor are editors and staff of IT Next magazine a part of the jury panel.

As in past years, the NEXT100 awards program draws on the knowledge and support of the CIO and CFO communities. Forty seven senior executives who comprise the jury of the NEXT100 awards, collectively represent many hundreds of years experience in IT and corporate management, were involved as advisors, interviewers and selectors this year. The jury panel debated, deliberated and decided on the award winner selection process— and conducted detailed interviews of all shortlisted applicants.

79%

Of winners work in organizations with annual revenues exceeding Rs 1,000 crore

50%

Of winners work in organizations with more than 5,000 employees

Of winners report to top corporate managers, like the CEO, Managing Director, CFO, COO or President

57%

Of winners are from service oriented industries like IT & ITES, banking, consulting, telecom and travel

72%

Of winners work in organizations with annual IT budget exceeding Rs 5 crore

63%

Of winners receive an annual compensation exceeding Rs 25 lakhs

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Workplace Competencies Personality Test & Managerial Style Inventory Test All aspirants for the NEXT100 awards take two psychometric evaluations—a personality test and a managerial style test—that are administered by Parisbased Central Test. The results of the tests are factored into the total evaluation of the candidate. All candidates who take the evaluations receive detailed personalized reports that can be used for self development.

The Central Test Personality Inventory for Professionals (CTPI-R) test provides an assessment of work related personality traits that play a crucial role in performance. According to the test designers, CTPI-R conforms to the standards of scientific validation set out by the International Test Commission, and the American Psychological Association.

The workplace competencies are defined as “clusters of knowledge, skills and attitudes that are predictive of superior performance in a given job”. According to Central Test, the competency scores in the CTPI-R are not a ‘direct assessment’ of competencies but an ‘assessment of proximity’ of the test taker to the profile of others who have demonstrated a high level of that specific competency.

The assumption behind this method of evaluation is that people with similar profiles will be more likely to exhibit similar abilities. As the scores are derived from an assessment of proximity to an ideal profile, they give an indication of the extent to which the candidate is psychologically inclined towards high performance on a specific competency. The score on each dimension of competency also provides an indication of the extent to which the person is trainable on each competency.

The second psychometric evaluation, the Management Style Inventory Test, assesses a candidate’s aptitude for leadership— and identifies their managerial style. The test uses seven important management dimensions (Innovation, Global Vision, Conceptual, Reflective, Affiliation, Intervention and People-Orientation) to determine the proximity of the candidate’s profile to typical management roles like Chief Executive, Motivator, Project Manager, Entrepreneur, Expert, Strategist and Executive Manager.

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According to Central Test, the CTPI-R test has been standardized on an international group of 5000+ working managerial professionals. The test uses a continuous scale of 0 to 100% to deduce 21 competencies that are relevant in the workplace. The conclusions are based on statistical studies and theoretical models.

This year’s NEXT100 award winners exhibited high scores on work competencies like Resilience, Mentoring Others and Team Building, and low on Supervision and Caution. The biggest differences in scores between the NEXT100 winners and other applicants were exhibited in areas like Authencity, Caution, Mentoring Others and Caution.

Personality Profile The CTPI-R test provides an assessment of work related personality traits that play a crucial role in performance. The test uses 114 questions to measure work personality across 19 dimensions.

These dimensions are organized into four groups: People Management, Perception Mode, Self Management and Change Management. The test results are reported on a scale of 0 to 10, with 0 implying a low level and 10 implying a high level of conformance to the behavioral characteristic.

The overall analysis of the personality characteristics of the NEXT100 award winners indicates that they scored high on attributes like Optimism, Self Confidence, being Experimental and Trust, while scoring relatively lower on Conscientiousness and Control. When compared to other applicants, the NEXT100 winners exhibited noticeable differences in being Rule Conscientious, and on Trust.

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Authenticity

Challenge 80

Quality Oriented

Caution

60 50

Flexibility

NEXT100 Awardees Other Applicants

Stress Tolerence

70

Networking

40 30

Innovation

Influencing

20 10

Decision Making

Conflict Resolution

0

Reliability

Team Building

Resilience

Understanding Others

Business Accumen

Intitiative

Mentoring Others

Strategic Planning

Conducting Change

NEXT100 Awardees Other Applicants

Surpassing Emotional Stability

Supervision

Self Management People Perception mode Change Management

Affiliation 8.0 7.0

Assertiveness Control

6.0 5.0

Self Confidence

Developing Others

4.0 3.0 2.0

Optimism

Tactical

1.0 0.0 Lively

Trust

Commitment

Conscientiousness

Visionary

Rational

Experimental

Rule Conscientiousness Adaptability

Affiliation

The tendency to be kind, affectionate and open towards others at work Assertiveness The tendency to express and defend one’s opinions and rights in an open, yet correct manner Control The tendency to seek control of the course of events and have one’s own way of doing things Developing Others The desire to support, mentor and encourage others to help them reach their potential and become more efficient Tactical The tendency to be tactical and diplomatic when dealing with others Trust The tendency to be trusting towards others Conscientiousness Carry out tasks in a thorough, meticulous and organised way Rational Refers to the way information is perceived and judgments made Rule Conscientious To strictly follow the rules and moral standards established by society Action-oriented To take initiative and risks, choose action over reflection even if there is uncertainty Adaptability The ability to accept change and novelty Experimental The desire to explore and innovate, sometimes to the detriment of existing solutions Visionary Tendency to understand trends and patterns, and anticipate future events Commitment To draw satisfaction from being dedicated and committed to one’s job Lively Energetic, outgoing, cheerful and full of life Optimism Tendency to hold positive expectations and to easily recover from failures Self Confidence Believe in one’s potential Emotional stability The ability to recognize one’s own emotions and to control emotional reactions Surpassing The tendency to be ambitious, driven and competitive

Action Oriented

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Management Style The Management Style Inventory test assesses a person’s preferred style of leadership and management on seven dichotomous dimensions. Attributes like Innovation, Global Vision, Conceptual and Reflective Thinking, Affiliation, Intervention and People- Orientation are measured on a scale of 0 to 10, with 0 indicating a low level and 10 indicating a high level.

The test has 49 questions in forced choice format, and the outcome is a graphical presentation of the inherent leadership qualities and management style.

Overall, the NEXT100 group recorded relatively high scores on Innovation, Reflective and Conceptual Thinking, and low on Intervention. The biggest difference between the NEXT100 winners and other applicants was seen in Innovation.

Management Profiles

The Management Style test also provides an indication of how closely a candidate’s profile conforms to a seven salient management roles viz.

Chief Executive, Strategist, entrepreneur, Motivator, project manager Executive manager and Expert. The proximity to each role is measured on a scale of 0 to 100%.

The management profiles exhibited most frequently by the NEXT100 award winner group are that of Strategist, Project Manager and Motivator. The profile that was least commonly displayed was of that of Chief Executive. When compared with other applicants, the NEXT100 winners tended to more strongly exhibit the characteristics of Project Manager and Strategist.

7.0 Global Vision 6.0

NEXT100 Winners Other Applicants

5.0 Innovation

Conceptual

4.0

90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0%

3.0 2.0

Strategist

1.0 0.0

People Orientation

Reflective

Intervention

Affiliation

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Entrepreneur

Project Manager

NEXT100 Winners Other Applicants Global Vision To approach situations from a generalist rather than a specialist angle. Look at a project’s objectives first before examining the technical, financial and human resource requirements. The priority is to develop a response, integrating the overall parameters Conceptual To use theoretical concepts and analytical models to approach a problem or situation. This type of manager knows how to prepare for the future, plan for tomorrow, and thereby can anticipate problems Reflective To exhibit a calm and collected composure, and maintain equanimity by controlling emotions. Since controlling the emotions is one of the keys to successful negotiations, the manager who is

Chief Executive

Executive Manager

Motivator

Expert

high on Reflective dimension sets a good example Endowed with a spirit of openness and a charisma that generates enthusiasm and motivation for the team Intervention A tendency to work and make decisions independently, often with a managerial perspective. This type of supervision is perfectly suited to projects in their early stages, or in the event of structural changes or a crisis People Orientation Places on priority the satisfaction of employees, team harmony, individual progress and, in general, the integration of a certain code of ethics in the enterprise Innovation The ability to anticipate, to adapt and to “think outside the box” in order to come up with new approaches Affiliation

WHERE ARE THEY FROM?

30

26

Top Professional Certifications

38

NEXT100 Awardees Other Applicants

All numbers in %

27.3

16

State-wise Distribution NEXT100 Awardees Other Applicants

All numbers in %

6

6

17.1

5 3

5.8 6

6.8 5

3.8

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1

2

Madhya Pradesh

Tamil Nadu

Gujarat

Delhi

Andhra Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh

Haryana

Karnataka

Maharashtra

2

1

1 1 Certified IS Auditor (CISA)

8

1

Six Sigma

10

Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)

11

Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)

11

11.9

Project Management Professional (PMP)

12.3

ITIL

2

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Post Graduate Qualifications 34.4

Bachelors Degree

28.8

Other Applicants NEXT100 Awardees All numbers in %

NEXT100 Awardees Other Applicants

28.9

22.1

21.1

All numbers in %

16.4 14.7 22

21.3

11 8.8

8.2 6.8

6.8

15.7

5.9

5.5

5.4 3.4

3.4

3.4

2.7

2.7 1.5

2.7

6.6

1.6

1.6

1.6 Life Sciences

Computer Applications

Life Sciences

Mathematics

Other

Computer Science

3.3

Operations Research

2.5

Other

Electronics

Business Studies

Computer Science

Engineering & Technology

Computer Applications

3.3

Management Studies

Arts

5.7

Commerce

7.5

Physical Sciences

8.8

Electronics

9.8

Commerce

Engineering & Technology

11.5

.6

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Current Age (in years) Less than 30

NEXT100 Awardees Other Applicants All numbers in %

7 2

30 to 34

24 35

35 to 39 40 to 44

4

8 EVP, SVP, VP, CTO, Executive Director

3

Total Work Experience (in years) 1

22

16 to 20

19

21 to 25

10 2 1

NEXT100 Awardees Other Applicants All numbers in %

18

10 to 15

26 to 30

8

16

8

50 and above

More than 30

39

21

45 to 49

Less than 10

37

6

2

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15

50 54

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Designations

NEXT100 Awardees Other Applicants

All numbers in %

29

29

Reporting Level

34

27

All numbers in %

25 23

15

14

13

11 8

22 22

15 9

9

11

7

12

Other

Scope of Job Role

NEXT100 Awardees Other Applicants

22

Single company India only Single company regional international

Manager-IT

AVP, Associate Director, AGM

28

24 14

Multiple companies India only

Multiple companies global scope

All numbers in %

9

6

Single company global scope

Multiple companies regional international

VP, GM, Head-IT

CIO, CTO IT Director

CEO, MD, CFO COO, President

1 CSO, CRO Director-Risk

Assistant Manager

Manager, Senior Manager, Program & Project Manager

AGM, DGM, Divisional Manager

AVP, Director, Deputy & Associate Director, CSO

IT Head, General Manager, Chief Manager

7

7

28

20

9

15

18

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IT Asset & Infrastructure Management

30.9

Technology Evaluation & Selection App Development & Management Vendor Management

24.5

Team Members Supervised

Outsourcing Management IT Compliance & Risk Management

21.8

NEXT100 Awardees Other Applicants

Connectivity & Collaboration Management

All numbers in %

Training & Education DB management & administration

17.3

Datacenter Management

14.3

14.3

13.7

13.3 10.9

11.2

8.2 6.1

Key Technology Responsibilities

4.9

4.1 3.2

NEXT100 Awardees Other Applicants

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1 to 5

6 to 10

11 to 15

16 to 20

21 to 50

51 to 100

All numbers in %

101 to 200

More than 200

1.4

41 43

23

54 32

54

45 44 NEXT100 Awardees

28

52 50 48 49 47 47

40 44 42

IT Security & Security Operations

27

Training & Education

25

IT Operations Management

31

IT Compliance & Risk Management

32

Connectivity & Collaboration Management

58

Outsourcing Management

64

App Development & Management

67

Technology Evaluation & Selection

62

Vendor Management

IT Asset & Infrastructure Management

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Top Technology Expertise 48 57

39 55

54

50

37

35

35

32 32

Other Applicants

All numbers in %

64

42 41

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Business & Management Expertise 81

IT Strategy & Planning

75

Project & Program Management

59

Budgeting & Financial Management

68

74

64

Operations Management

87

77

Vendor Management

73 70

Customer Support & Service Mgmt

72

45 47

Training & Education

36

Supply Chain Management HR & Talent Management

95

22

NEXT100 Awardees Other Applicants

44

All numbers in %

34

3

Less than Rs 10 lakhs

4

Rs 10 to 15 lakhs Rs 15 to 20 lakhs Rs 20 to 25 lakhs

Total Annual Compensation NEXT100 Awardees Other Applicants All numbers in %

Rs 25 to 30 lakhs Rs 30 to 35 lakhs

4

Rs 35 to 40 lakhs Rs 40 to 45 lakhs More than Rs 45 lakhs

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6 5 7

2 1 3

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Hobbies & Interests 17

Travel

26 19

Music

17

Cricket

8

Teaching & Education

11

18 13

Reading & Books

17

8 14 11

Photography

9

Cooking

NEXT100 Awardees Other Applicants All numbers in %

15 9

Television

20 18

Social Service

Badminton

22

14 14

25 22 11

22 19

13

22

14 14

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WHERE DO THEY WORK?

Industry Sector

NEXT100 Awardees Other Applicants

All numbers in %

IT & ITES Healthcare & Hospital Travel, Transportation & Logistics

9

Media & Entertainment Construction, Infrastructure & Real Estate

2

Chemical & Petroleum products

6 3

Telecom & Internet Services

5

1

4 4

Utilities & Energy Agribusiness

3

4

3

Professional Services

3

BFSI

3

Manufacturing

9

3

4

Total Employees

4 6

NEXT100 Awardees Other Applicants All numbers in %

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21 14

19

12

15

11

More than 25,000 10,000 to 25,000

26

8

6

13

5,000 to 10,000

10

2,500 to 5,000

17

500 to 1,000

12

6

100 to 250

5 1 1

18

12

5

250 to 500

Less than 50

17 16

1,000 to 2,500

50 to 100

22

7

4 4

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Total IT Staff

Next100 Awardees Other Applicants

All numbers in %

5

Less than 10

18 14

10 to 20 20 to 50

23 19

15 12

50 to 100 100 to 250

13 16

11

250 to 500

9

500 to 1,000

10 23

10

Popular IT Standards Adopted 42

ITIL

27

ISO 27000

25

ISO 9000

22

Six Sigma

18

ISO 20000

12

CMMi

13

ISO 22301

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17

14 15

PRINCE2 BS 7799

18

8

15

21

46

28 27

50

Next100 Awardees Other Applicants All numbers in %

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Annual IT Budget 20

> Rs 50 cr Rs 25 to 50 cr

5

6 13

Rs 10 to 25 Cr

11

Rs 5 to 10 Cr

< Rs 50 lakh

Next100 Awardees Other Applicants

16

All numbers in %

12

Rs 1 to 5 Cr

19

Rs 50 lakh to 1 Cr

39

22

14

7

14

2

Organizational Revenues

Next100 Awardees Other Applicants All numbers in %

15

More than Rs 10,000 cr

9

Rs 5,000 to 10,000 cr

14 11

Rs 1,000 to 2,500 cr Rs 500 to 1,000 cr

11

Rs 250 to 500 cr Rs 100 to 250 cr

7

25 14

9 11

1 6

Rs 50 to 100 cr Less than Rs 50 cr

xx

7

Rs 2,500 to 5,000 cr

27

2

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The NEXT 100 Process

MANAGEMENT

Managing Director: Dr Pramath Raj Sinha Printer & Publisher: Vikas Gupta Chief Operating Officer - 9.9 Tech: Krishna Kumar

EDITORIAL

Group Editor: R Giridhar Managing Editor: Shyamanuja Das

Meet the Jury

Industry Sector

The NEXT100 awards programme draws on the expertise, contributions and support of India’s CIO and CFO community. Forty seven senior executives from India’s leading companies were involved in validating the NEXT100 process, determining the selection criteria, and interviewing the aspirants.

Business & Management Expertise

Technology Expertise 100%

IT Strategy & Planning

80% Project & Program Management

82%

IT Innovation

Sudesh Agarwal Chief Information Officer Sterling Holiday Resorts Ltd

Bhushan Akerkar Chief Information Officer Hindalco Industries

Suneel Aradhye Ex-CIO, IT Advisor, Angel Investor

Sudhir Pal Arya Chief Executive Officer BizTech Advisors

Ajay Bakshi Senior Vice President - Business Transformation Aegis Ltd

Jagdish Belwal Chief Information Officer Tata Motors

Tamal Chakravorty Director – IT and Test Environment Ericsson India

Kaushal Kumar Chaudhary Executive Director Group Head IT & IS Lanco Infratech Ltd

Manish Choksi President - Home Improvement, International & IT Asian Paints Ltd

Rajesh Chopra Senior Vice President - Corporate IT EIH Ltd - The Oberoi Hotels & Resorts

Samir Dhaga Vice President & Head - IT Videocon d2h

Nandkishor Dhomne Vice President- IT & CIO, Manipal Health Enterprises

Rajiv Garg Executive Director CS & IT Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd

Pratap Gharge President & CIO Bajaj Electricals Ltd

Rupinder Goel Global CIO, Tata Communications Ltd

Vishnu Gupta Director & CIO Jana Core Health Solutions India Pvt Ltd

Kinshuk Hora Head - IT (India Sub Continent) GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare

V Ranganathan Iyer VP - IT & Group CIO JBM Group

Sachin Jain CIO (Global IT Operations) & CISO Evalueserve

Sanjiv Kumar Jain Group CIO Spark Minda

Shailesh Joshi CTO & Head Corporate IT Godrej Industries Ltd

Anil Kumar Kaushik General Manager IT & BI Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd

Pramod Krishnamurthy CTO, Birla Sun Life Insurance Co

Nilakantan Krishnan Chief Information Officer Muthoot Fincorp Ltd

Meet the Jury

78%

Technology Evaluation & Selection

73% IT Project & Program Management

73%

71%

Vendor Management

Application Development & Management

64%

64%

Budgeting & Financial Management

IT Operations Management

51%

62%

Operations Management

IT Compliance & Risk Management

51% Customer Support & Service Management

Business Intelligence & Data Warehousing

Total Work Experience

DESIGN

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60%

Hobbies & Interests

Team Size Managed

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NEXT1OO SPECIAL | CONFERENCE

NEXT100 Conference

Audience

The day begins with some self-actualization thoughts.

Circle of Life: How to Set Priorities in Life, a workshop conducted by Krishna Kumar, COO, 9.9 Media

The Leaders’ Congregation The mood was celebratory; but the day before the big night was more than celebrations. It was the time to be updated, to collectively think, to bond with each other and to share.

Insightful presentations, self-actualization workshops, marathon tweeting, surprise prizes, and more, rounded up the day leading to the awards night.

R Giridhar, Group Editor, 9.9 Media welcoming the delegates

Snapshots…

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ONLINE & MARCOM DESIGN

Associate Art Director: Shokeen Saifi Sr.Designer: Manoj Kumar VP

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NEXT1OO SPECIAL | AWARDS NIGHT

NEXT100 Awards Celebrating the New Leaders

AWARDS NIGHT | NEXT1OO SPECIAL

NEXT100 Awards

Celebrating the New Leaders

Traditional drummers welcome the guests and delegates

Time: 6 pm onwards. Date: December 4, 2015. Venue: JW Mariott Pune It was time for the winners’ night: the night to celebrate leadership; excellence and innovation. It was time for conferring the NEXT100 Awards 2015. Celebration was clearly in the air as the night came with all its grandeur--winning moments, inspiring talks and the best of local folk art.

Some memorable moments…

Prof Rajat Moona, Director General, C-DAC and Chief Guest at the NEXT 100 Awards ceremony inaugurates by lighting the lamp, with Vikas Gupta, Publisher, IT Next.

38 | ITNEXT | DECEMBER 2015

DATE CENTER VISIT | NEXT1OO SPECIAL

NEXT 100 winners arrive at Ctrl-S Data Center in Navi Mumbai

Visit to Ctrl-S Data Center The second day of the NEXT100 event marked the visit to Ctrl-S data center in Navi Mumbai. India’s future CIOs took the round, clarified their points with the Ctrl-S executives and attended a brief presentation by the company before attending the Lunch, hosted by Ctrl-S

Professionalism does matter. You have to go through the security checks, even if you are a Next100 winner

View from the top of some of India’s top technology managers

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Visit to Ctrl-S Data Center

En route to Mumbai, from Pune

Sr. Photographer: Jiten Gandhi

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Ctrl S VP Suresh Rathod makes a point about Ctrl-S capability

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Meet the Jury

Industry Sector

The NEXT100 awards programme draws on the expertise, contributions and support of Indiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s CIO and CFO community. Forty seven senior executives from Indiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s leading companies were involved in validating the NEXT100 process, determining the selection criteria, and interviewing the aspirants.

Business & Management Expertise

Technology Expertise 100%

IT Strategy & Planning

80% Project & Program Management

73% Vendor Management

64% Budgeting & Financial Management

51%

82%

IT Innovation

78%

Technology Evaluation & Selection

73% IT Project & Program Management

71% Application Development & Management

64% IT Operations Management

62%

Operations Management

IT Compliance & Risk Management

51% Customer Support & Service Management

Business Intelligence & Data Warehousing

Total Work Experience

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60%

Team Size Managed

Hobbies & Interests

JURY | NEXT1OO SPECIAL

Sudesh Agarwal Chief Information Officer Sterling Holiday Resorts Ltd

Bhushan Akerkar Chief Information Officer Hindalco Industries

Suneel Aradhye Ex-CIO, IT Advisor, Angel Investor

Sudhir Pal Arya Chief Executive Officer BizTech Advisors

Ajay Bakshi Senior Vice President - Business Transformation Aegis Ltd

Jagdish Belwal Chief Information Officer Tata Motors

Tamal Chakravorty Director â&#x20AC;&#x201C; IT and Test Environment Ericsson India

Kaushal Kumar Chaudhary Executive Director Group Head IT & IS Lanco Infratech Ltd

Manish Choksi President - Home Improvement, International & IT Asian Paints Ltd

Rajesh Chopra Senior Vice President - Corporate IT EIH Ltd - The Oberoi Hotels & Resorts

Samir Dhaga Vice President & Head - IT Videocon d2h

Nandkishor Dhomne Vice President- IT & CIO, Manipal Health Enterprises

Rajiv Garg Executive Director CS & IT Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd

Pratap Gharge President & CIO Bajaj Electricals Ltd

Rupinder Goel Global CIO, Tata Communications Ltd

Vishnu Gupta Director & CIO Jana Core Health Solutions India Pvt Ltd

Kinshuk Hora Head - IT (India Sub Continent) GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare

V Ranganathan Iyer VP - IT & Group CIO JBM Group

Sachin Jain CIO (Global IT Operations) & CISO Evalueserve

Sanjiv Kumar Jain Group CIO Spark Minda

Shailesh Joshi CTO & Head Corporate IT Godrej Industries Ltd

Anil Kumar Kaushik General Manager IT & BI Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd

Pramod Krishnamurthy CTO, Birla Sun Life Insurance Co

Nilakantan Krishnan Chief Information Officer Muthoot Fincorp Ltd

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NEXT1OO SPECIAL | JURY

SS Kukreja Chief Operating Officer IFFCO Kisan Sanchar Ltd

Sanjeev Kumar Director & Managing Partner ApON Innovative Solutions

Yagnesh Parikh Executive VP & CTO ICICI Securities Ltd

N Jayantha Prabhu Chief Technology Officer Essar Group

Vikas Prabhu CIO - Oil, Gas & Retail Essar Oil Ltd

Girish Rao Head - IT & Business Analytics Marico Ltd

Gururaj Rao CIO, Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services Ltd

N Ravishanker Chief Information Officer Tata Sky Ltd

Atanu Roy Senior Vice President Sun Pharmaceutical Industries

Dhiren Savla Chief Information Officer VFS Global & Kuoni Group

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Rahul Mahajan Parmeswar Menon Suhas Mhaskar Vice President - IT VP & Head - Customer, Head - IT (Special K Raheja Corporate Partner, Life Insurance Projects & Digital) Policy Administration Services Pvt Ltd Mahindra Group Systems, SBI Life Insurance Co Ltd

Mukund Prasad Professor - IT & HR Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies

MG Raghuraman Chief Information Officer Mphasis

Shashi Kumar Sanjay Rawal Ravulapaty Vice President - IT CTO, Reliance Business Services Commercial Finance Coca-Cola India Pvt Ltd

Vijay Sethi CIO & Head - CSR Hero MotoCorp Ltd

Dheeraj Sinha Group Head - Corporate Management Services Apollo Tyres Ltd

Subhash Chand Mittal Officer on Special Duty - IT IFFCO

Muralidharan Ramachandran Vice President Quality Syntel Pvt Ltd

S Raghunatha Reddy Executive Vice President - IT UTI Asset Management Co Ltd

NEXT1OO SPECIAL | CONFERENCE

NEXT100 Conference

The Leadersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Congregation The mood was celebratory; but the day before the big night was more than celebrations. It was the time to be updated, to collectively think, to bond with each other and to share.

Insightful presentations, self-actualization workshops, marathon tweeting, surprise prizes, and more, rounded up the day leading to the awards night.

Snapshotsâ&#x20AC;Ś

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R Giridhar, Group Editor, 9.9 Media welcoming the delegates

CONFERENCE | NEXT1OO SPECIAL

Audience

The day begins with some self-actualization thoughts.

Circle of Life: How to Set Priorities in Life, a workshop conducted by Krishna Kumar, COO, 9.9 Media

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NEXT1OO SPECIAL | CONFERENCE

Time for some pleasantries and quick chat during tea break

â&#x20AC;¦and some serious discussion too

Nilesh Kulkarni, Lead Pre Sales-West and Jaydeep Deshpande, Head-Marketing India, Qlik Technologies talking on See the whoe story that lives within your data

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CONFERENCE | NEXT1OO SPECIAL

There were prizes for best tweets and most prolific tweeple every half an hour and NEXT100, the official hashtag was alll around Twitter in India

ICT Enabled Human Centric Innovation, a talk

by Mehul Doshi, Country HeadProducts and Solutions, Fujitsu

Vijayashankar SVP & CTO, Symphony SUMMIT Software shares his perspectives on Top Trends in IT Operations Management

DECEMBER 2015 | ITNEXT | 33

NEXT1OO SPECIAL | CONFERENCE

The Art of Delegation, a talk by Ashish Khare AVP Projects & Consulting, PC Solutions

Shivanand Wagle, Advisory System Engineer, Stratus Technologies speaks on Fault-Tolerant Availability for an Always-on World

Increase your PC Performance, presentation by Pradeep Singh (Lef), Regional Manager & Rohit Trivedi Product Manager (Right), Kingston Technology

Kaushal SIngh, Marketing Head-HDVC, Panasonic India briefs the delegate on Video Conferencing Solutions for Your Business 34 | ITNEXT | DECEMBER 2015

Amit Chauhan, Security Sales Head, F5 Networks on Protect Your Applications with a Context-based Approach DECEMBER 2015 | ITNEXT | 34

CONFERENCE | NEXT1OO SPECIAL

Time for Lunch and some bonhomie; A mix of North India, continental and traditional Maharashtrian food on the menu, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s time for recharge

DECEMBER 2015 | ITNEXT | 35

NEXT1OO SPECIAL | CONFERENCE

Beyond the bonhomie, celebration and the knowledge sharing, the NEXT100 conference is also also an opportunity to have a look at the latest updates from technology partners. The partner stalls were busy handling queries

36 | ITNEXT | DECEMBER 2015

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NEXT1OO SPECIAL | AWARDS NIGHT

NEXT100 Conference

The Leadersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Congregation The mood was celebratory; but the day before the big night was more than celebrations. It was the time to be updated, to collectively think, to bond with each other and to share.

Insightful presentations, self-actualization workshops, marathon tweeting, surprise prizes, and more, rounded up the day leading to the awards night.

Snapshotsâ&#x20AC;Ś

30 | ITNEXT | DECEMBER 2015

R Giridhar, Group Editor, 9.9 Media welcoming the delegates

AWARDS NIGHT | NEXT1OO SPECIAL

Audience

The day begins with some self-actualization thoughts.

Circle of Life: How to Set Priorities in Life, a workshop conducted by Krishna Kumar, COO, 9.9 Media

DECEMBER 2015 | ITNEXT | 31

NEXT1OO SPECIAL | AWARDS NIGHT

Time for some pleasantries and quick chat during tea break

â&#x20AC;¦and some serious discussion too

Nilesh Kulkarni, Lead Pre Sales-West and Jaydeep Deshpande, Head-Marketing India, Qlik Technologies talking on See the whoe story that lives within your data

32 | ITNEXT | DECEMBER 2015

AWARDS NIGHT | NEXT1OO SPECIAL

There were prizes for best tweets and most prolific tweeple every half an hour and NEXT100, the official hashtag was alll around Twitter in India

ICT Enabled Human Centric Innovation, a talk

by Mehul Doshi, Country HeadProducts and Solutions, Fujitsu

Vijayashankar SVP & CTO, Symphony SUMMIT Software shares his perspectives on Top Trends in IT Operations Management

DECEMBER 2015 | ITNEXT | 33

NEXT1OO SPECIAL | AWARDS NIGHT

The Art of Delegation, a talk by Ashish Khare AVP Projects & Consulting, PC Solutions

Shivanand Wagle, Advisory System Engineer, Stratus Technologies speaks on Fault-Tolerant Availability for an Always-on World

Increase your PC Performance, presentation by Pradeep Singh (Lef), Regional Manager & Rohit Trivedi Product Manager (Right), Kingston Technology

Kaushal SIngh, Marketing Head-HDVC, Panasonic India briefs the delegate on Video Conferencing Solutions for Your Business 34 | ITNEXT | DECEMBER 2015

Amit Chauhan, Security Sales Head, F5 Networks on Protect Your Applications with a Context-based Approach DECEMBER 2015 | ITNEXT | 34

AWARDS NIGHT | NEXT1OO SPECIAL

Time for Lunch and some bonhomie; A mix of North India, continental and traditional Maharashtrian food on the menu, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s time for recharge

DECEMBER 2015 | ITNEXT | 35

NEXT1OO SPECIAL | AWARDS NIGHT

Beyond the bonhomie, celebration and the knowledge sharing, the NEXT100 conference is also also an opportunity to have a look at the latest updates from technology partners. The partner stalls were busy handling queries

36 | ITNEXT | DECEMBER 2015

GROUP

Innovation is life

Frequent Breakdowns in

Mission Critical facilities ?

Data Centers & Server Rooms

®

DataCenter Air Purifier Removes corrosive gases and air borne contaminants.

Protects electronic components from corrosion

Certified Media

Based on the most advanced Honeycomb Filtration Technology

• Designed for corrosion-free air in Data Centers and Server Rooms • Reliable solution for corrosion problems • Helps meet ISA 71.04 – 2013 Standards on Data Centers • Easy to install and service Backed by

Service

ISO 9001:2008 & 14001:2004 CERTIFIED

DECEMBER 2015 | ITNEXT | 37

Phone: +91 124 4184444 • E-Mail: bryairmarketing@pahwa.com

www.bryairfiltration.com

Leaders in Air Treatment ... Worldwide

RB/BA/1525HVCA1

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NEXT1OO SPECIAL | AWARDS NIGHT

NEXT100 Awards

Celebrating the New Leaders

Traditional drummers welcome the guests and delegates 38 | ITNEXT | DECEMBER 2015

AWARDS NIGHT | NEXT1OO SPECIAL

Time: 6 pm onwards. Date: December 4, 2015. Venue: JW Mariott Pune It was time for the winnersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; night: the night to celebrate leadership; excellence and innovation. It was time for conferring the NEXT100 Awards 2015. Celebration was clearly in the air as the night came with all its grandeur--winning moments, inspiring talks and the best of local folk art.

Some memorable momentsâ&#x20AC;Ś

Prof Rajat Moona, Director General, C-DAC and Chief Guest at the NEXT 100 Awards ceremony inaugurates by lighting the lamp DECEMBER 2015 | ITNEXT | 39

NEXT1OO SPECIAL | AWARDS NIGHT

Vikas Gupta, Publisher IT Next welcomes winner, jury and other guests as the ceremony begins

Prof Moona delivers his inaugural address …

…and the audience is all attention

40 | ITNEXT | DECEMBER 2015

LEADERSHIP TALK

Jaydeep Deshpande Head-Marketing India, Qliktech India

SAkash Saraf Chief Architect, Converged Data Technologies

Rajesh Jain Head-Systems Engineering, F5 Networks

Sunil Sharma VP Sales-India & SAARC, Sophos

Dr Raj Kumar Sharma Vice President-Sales, Arkadin India

D Chandr Sekar EVP Technical & COO, PC Solutions DECEMBER 2015 | ITNEXT | 41

THE WINNERS

Batch of NEXT100 winners with Akash Saraf of Converged Data, who gave away the set of awards

Batch of NEXT100 winners with Rajesh Jain of F5, who gave away the set of awards

Batch of NEXT100 winners with Sunil Sharma of Sophos, who gave away the set of awards 42 | ITNEXT | DECEMBER 2015

AWARDS NIGHT | NEXT1OO SPECIAL

Batch of NEXT100 winners with Dr Raj Kumar Sharma of Arkadin India who gave away the set of awards

Batch of NEXT100 winners with D Chandr Sekar of PC Solutions who gave away the set of awards

Batch of NEXT100 winners with Rizwan Naikwadi of Symphony SUMMIT who gave away the set of awards DECEMBER 2015 | ITNEXT | 43

NEXT1OO SPECIAL | AWARDS NIGHT

Batch of NEXT100 winners with Mehul Doshi of Fujitsu who gave away the set of awards

Batch of NEXT100 winners with R Giridhar of 9.9 Media who gave away the set of awards

Batch of NEXT100 winners with Vikas Gupta of 9.9 Media who gave away the set of awards 44 | ITNEXT | DECEMBER 2015

AWARDS NIGHT | NEXT1OO SPECIAL

Batch of NEXT100 winners with Krishna Kumar of 9.9 Media who gave away the set of awards

Batch of NEXT100 winners with Prof Rajat Moona, who gave away the set of awards

Batch of NEXT100 winners with Jaydeep Deshpande of Qlik, who gave away the set of awards

DECEMBER 2015 | ITNEXT | 45

TECHNOLOGY AWARDS

CIONEXT Hybrid Cloud award sponsored by PC Solutions presented by D Chandr Sekar, PC Solutions to Vikas Madan

CIONEXT Secure Application Delivery award sponsored

by F5 Networks presented by by Rajesh Jain, Head-Systems Engineering, F5 Networks to Upkar Singh

Drummers present traditional drum arts of Maharashtra

FELICITATING THE JURY

Jury members were felicitated by 9.9 Media Group Editor R Giridhar and Managing Editor Shyamanuja Das 48 | ITNEXT | DECEMBER 2015

AWARDS NIGHT | NEXT1OO SPECIAL

NEXT100 BOOK LAUNCH

The NEXT100 book is being launched jointly by R Giridhar, Group Editor, 9.9 Media and Dr Raj Kumar Sharma, Vice President-Sales, Arkadin India

THANKING THE PARTNERS

Sponsors were felicitated by Vikas Gupta, Director, 9.9 Media and Publisher of IT Next DECEMBER 2015 | ITNEXT | 49

NEXT1OO SPECIAL | AWARDS NIGHT

THANKING THE PARTNERS

Sponsors were felicitated by Vikas Gupta, Director, 9.9 Media and Publisher of IT Next 50 | ITNEXT | DECEMBER 2015

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AWARDS NIGHT | NEXT1OO SPECIAL

LUCKY DRAWS

Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re feeling lucky.

There were lots of prizes too - from televisions to trip to Munich given away by partners

DECEMBER 2015 | ITNEXT | 51

NEXT1OO SPECIAL | AWARDS NIGHT

NEXT100 Awards

Celebrating the New Leaders

Traditional drummers welcome the guests and delegates 38 | ITNEXT | DECEMBER 2015

AWARDS NIGHT | NEXT1OO SPECIAL

Time: 6 pm onwards. Date: December 4, 2015. Venue: JW Mariott Pune It was time for the winnersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; night: the night to celebrate leadership; excellence and innovation. It was time for conferring the NEXT100 Awards 2015. Celebration was clearly in the air as the night came with all its grandeur--winning moments, inspiring talks and the best of local folk art.

Some memorable momentsâ&#x20AC;Ś

Prof Rajat Moona, Director General, C-DAC and Chief Guest at the NEXT 100 Awards ceremony inaugurates by lighting the lamp, with Vikas Gupta, Publisher, IT Next.

DECEMBER 2015 | ITNEXT | 39

NEXT1OO SPECIAL | AWARDS NIGHT

Vikas Gupta, Publisher IT Next welcomes winner, jury and other guests as the ceremony begins

Prof Moona delivers his inaugural address …

…and the audience is all attention

40 | ITNEXT | DECEMBER 2015

LEADERSHIP TALK

Jaydeep Deshpande Head-Marketing India, Qliktech India

SAkash Saraf Chief Architect, Converged Data Technologies

Rajesh Jain Head-Systems Engineering, F5 Networks

Sunil Sharma VP Sales-India & SAARC, Sophos

Dr Raj Kumar Sharma Vice President-Sales, Arkadin India

D Chandr Sekar EVP Technical & COO, PC Solutions DECEMBER 2015 | ITNEXT | 41

THE WINNERS

Batch of NEXT100 winners with Akash Saraf of Converged Data, who gave away the set of awards

Batch of NEXT100 winners with Rajesh Jain of F5, who gave away the set of awards

Batch of NEXT100 winners with Sunil Sharma of Sophos, who gave away the set of awards 42 | ITNEXT | DECEMBER 2015

AWARDS NIGHT | NEXT1OO SPECIAL

Batch of NEXT100 winners with Dr Raj Kumar Sharma of Arkadin India who gave away the set of awards

Batch of NEXT100 winners with D Chandr Sekar of PC Solutions who gave away the set of awards

Batch of NEXT100 winners with Rizwan Naikwadi of Symphony SUMMIT who gave away the set of awards DECEMBER 2015 | ITNEXT | 43

NEXT1OO SPECIAL | AWARDS NIGHT

Batch of NEXT100 winners with Mehul Doshi of Fujitsu who gave away the set of awards

Batch of NEXT100 winners with R Giridhar of 9.9 Media who gave away the set of awards

Batch of NEXT100 winners with Vikas Gupta of 9.9 Media who gave away the set of awards 44 | ITNEXT | DECEMBER 2015

AWARDS NIGHT | NEXT1OO SPECIAL

Batch of NEXT100 winners with Krishna Kumar of 9.9 Media who gave away the set of awards

Batch of NEXT100 winners with Prof Rajat Moona, who gave away the set of awards

Batch of NEXT100 winners with Jaydeep Deshpande of Qlik, who gave away the set of awards

DECEMBER 2015 | ITNEXT | 45

TECHNOLOGY AWARDS

CIONEXT Hybrid Cloud award sponsored by PC Solutions presented by D Chandr Sekar, PC Solutions to Vikas Madan

CIONEXT Secure Application Delivery award sponsored

by F5 Networks presented by by Rajesh Jain, Head-Systems Engineering, F5 Networks to Upkar Singh

Drummers present traditional drum arts of Maharashtra

FELICITATING THE JURY

Jury members were felicitated by 9.9 Media Group Editor R Giridhar and Managing Editor Shyamanuja Das 48 | ITNEXT | DECEMBER 2015

AWARDS NIGHT | NEXT1OO SPECIAL

NEXT100 BOOK LAUNCH

The NEXT100 book is being launched jointly by R Giridhar, Group Editor, 9.9 Media and Dr Raj Kumar Sharma, Vice President-Sales, Arkadin India

THANKING THE PARTNERS

Sponsors were felicitated by Vikas Gupta, Director, 9.9 Media and Publisher of IT Next DECEMBER 2015 | ITNEXT | 49

NEXT1OO SPECIAL | AWARDS NIGHT

THANKING THE PARTNERS

Sponsors were felicitated by Vikas Gupta, Director, 9.9 Media and Publisher of IT Next 50 | ITNEXT | DECEMBER 2015

DECEMBER 2015 | ITNEXT | 50

AWARDS NIGHT | NEXT1OO SPECIAL

LUCKY DRAWS

Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re feeling lucky.

There were lots of prizes too - from televisions to trip to Munich given away by partners

DECEMBER 2015 | ITNEXT | 51

NEXT1OO SPECIAL | DATE CENTER VISIT

Visit to Ctrl-S Data Center The second day of the NEXT100 event marked the visit to Ctrl-S data center in Navi Mumbai. Indiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s future CIOs took the round, clarified their points with the Ctrl-S executives and attended a brief presentation by the company before attending the Lunch, hosted by Ctrl-S

Ctrl S VP Suresh Rathod makes a point about Ctrl-S capability

En route to Mumbai, from Pune 52 | ITNEXT | DECEMBER 2015

DATE CENTER VISIT | NEXT1OO SPECIAL

NEXT 100 winners arrive at Ctrl-S Data Center in Navi Mumbai

Professionalism does matter. You have to go through the security checks, even if you are a Next100 winner

View from the top of some of Indiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s top technology managers

Learning a point or two about Ctrl-S data center capability DECEMBER 2015 | ITNEXT | 53